In the dilapidated hut, Di Tianming was sitting alone, staring blankly. He didn't know what to do, he felt lost.
"We are slaves, we neither have the right to choose nor possess anything and name is one of them."
These words echoed in his ears every passing moment.
Just because he was a beggar, he was looked down upon. Just because he was weak he couldn't protect. Just because he didn't have knowledge about anything he made a terrible mistake.
He wanted to be strong, he wanted to get rid of his status as a beggar. He wanted revenge!
"To be born poor is not a sin but to die as a slave is definitely a sin. Don't worry Old man, I will take revenge for you!"
When he thought about the things important to his goals, determination flashed in his eyes. As for the death of the old beggar, he had long gotten over it. A day has already passed since the unfortunate event.
Don't misunderstand Di Tianming for being ungrateful. He feels guilty but he can't just sit there mourning all his life, as for revenge, it is a dish best served cold.
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[Ding! Mission issued.]
[Daily mission: Get stronger.]
[Task:
1. Improve Health - Eat three meals a day (0/3)
2. Improve Stamina - Run 1 km (0/1)]
[Reward - 1 point]
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[Rare Mission - Revenge]
[Task: Obtain information and get revenge on the guard who killed your benefactor.]
[Time - 2 years.]
[Reward - 3 points.]
[Penalty - Losing the system.]
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[Special Mission - Knowledge]
[Task - Obtain knowledge about this world]
[Reward - Depending on the value of the knowledge]
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"Finally some mission", Di Tianming signed, as he was waiting for these missions to come because this was the only way to get stronger and have revenge.
He looked at the three missions issued.
The first was a daily mission which was easy.
However, when he looked at the second mission, his eyes almost popped out.
"What? Losing the system if I don't complete the mission!? In 2 years? F*ck!"
Di Tianming was definitely going to take revenge on the person who killed the old beggar even if the system hadn't issued the mission. But to give him such punishment if he failed to complete the mission was unreasonable.
He suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
Tianming wanted to get stronger as fast as he could so he started thinking about a plan.
He couldn't get revenge right now because of his weakness and as for the last mission, well, that was a very long term mission.
Right now, he had to focus on the first mission.
Food.
'Growl~'
Thinking about it, Di Tianming's stomach started to growl. He felt extremely hungry.
But, where could he find food? He had no idea, maybe some stall but thinking about the events of yesterday, he didn't even dare to think about going to any stall. Even if they were outside the main market area.
God knows what would happen!?
Di Tianming finally decided to ask around for food source.
Walking on the street, he asked a few people. And he glad that he asked.
Apparently, there are only two ways for beggars to obtain food.
First, the simple way, beg and save enough money and go to the Commoner district, located due east of Beggar District and buy food. However, there was a twist, only certain shops, who were benevolent enough, would provide beggars food, most shops kick them out ruthlessly even when they have the money.
Second, the hard way, join the Corpse Valley and you can get food.
Compared to the Second option, the first one was definitely better. As for the money, Di Tianming looked at the pouch he was holding. It had ten bronze coloured coins with a symbol on one side that meant 'Huang'.
Without any further delay, he made his way due east, to the Commoner district.
As he headed towards the Commoner district, the scenery along the way slowly changed.
The dilapidated huts seemed to have never existed and the greenery became more and more obvious.
Fine wooden houses came into view and the road became muddy yet cleaner.
It was as if Di Tianming had entered a village.
There were children playing, giggling and crying. Men farming and women cooking food and carrying water.
Its been three days since he came to this world and this was the most gentle scene he has seen so far.
Peaceful.
This was his first thought.
He saw some beggars too. They, just like him were making there way to a stall to buy food.
He decided to follow them.
Soon, he came to a place. There seemed to be a stall and his fellow beggars had formed a line.
Just like them he too joined the line and waited for his turn.
As the line got shorter, Di Tianming was a step closer to his goal and when he was close enough, he saw a women cooking food at the stall and a little girl distributing food to the beggars.
This scene was both beautiful and pitiful. Beautiful because the mother-daughter duo worked in a perfect sync and pitiful because they he could guess what their story was.
Time passed, the line shortened and it was finally his turn.
"Three bronze coins please!", the cute little imp extended her hand as she asked for the money, her voice especially sweet. The five or six years old little girl was all smiles, she wore grey coloured, rugged clothes and had brown hair tided in two ponytails.
Di Tianming immediately took out the bronze coins and handed them to her.
After taking the coins, the little girl gave Di Tianming a warm bowl of porridge while pointing at something and saying, "Please put the bowl in the basket after you finish eating."'
Di Tianming nodded and found a place to sit and eat.
After having his fill, a satisfied expression painted his face. Putting the bowl in the basket, he decided to run slowly towards the Beggar's district.
The distance was approximately a kilometer. However, Di Tianming was already panting after running for a short while.
"Huh! Huh! Ho~..."
He couldn't run anymore. Wiping off the sweat, he looked at the mission status.
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[Daily mission: Get stronger.]
[Task:
1. Improve Health - Eat three meals a day (1/3)
2. Improve Stamina - Run 1 km (357/1000)]
[Reward - 1 point]
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"Hmm, I will be able to complete the mission by evening", Di Tianming muttered to himself as he walked, dragging his tired body inside the dilapidated hut to rest.
The process continued in the afternoon and evening too.
The next day Di Tianming had to think of a way to earn money and looking at his current situation, the only way was begging. However, before he walked out to beg on the streets, he decided to search the hut in hopes of finding some coins.
And guess what, he found coins buried in the corner of the hut, around a hundred. They most probably belonged to the late old man, even after death he helped Di Tianming.
"I'm sorry", Di Tianming was filled with guilt once again. Because of him, the old man died but this guilt only fueled his rage towards the guard who killed him, justice would be served. Something inside Tianming was changing, he seemed to have become colder.
Just like that a week had passed.
Everyday, Di Tianming would eat, sleep and exercise. The routine had improved his health tremendously but their was a problem.
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[Name: Di Tianming]
[Age: 16]
[Cultivation: Mortal Level 0]
[Cultivation technique: N/A]
[Martial Arts: N/A]
[Points: 9]
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It has been thirteen days since he arrived in this world and since he got the system but he still doesn't know how to use the points.
He tried asking the system but as usual it didn't respond and ...there no money left. And obviously, considering his dignity and pride he won't go begging on the streets, right?
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"In the name of God, please give me something!"
"Petty bastard! I wish you slip on the ground and your face falls into feces."
"Please good sir, I haven eaten for days. Please! Please! Just one coin!"
"Oh sir, thank you~. May the Almighty bless you, your children, your wife. Your children will grow healthy and strong!"
Di Tianming was standing, along with other beggars, as he watched them desperately trying, kneeling and grabbing people's leg just for one bronze coin. Watch them as they generously praise the one who gives them money and viciously curse, under their breathes, at the ones who don't.
Bang!
"Fuck! I am not doing this!", Di Tianming threw the old bowl and curse loudly, his face twisted due to anger. Others momentarily stopped to look at him before getting back to what they were doing. Of course, this was normal occurrence for them.
"But what am I going to do? How do I earn money?", he thought hard.
As he was thinking, a funny voice sounded beside him and he felt a pat on his back.
"Hey! Do you want to earn some fast money?"
"Yes!", Di Tianming replied subconsciously. Turning around, he saw another rugged beggars with a few broken teeth smiling at him which, by the way looked really creepy.
"Great! Have you heard of the Corpse valley?"